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Registry: 1959 MG 14/28

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1959 MG 14 28


"Jessie"
I bought the car from the third owner who in 1972 stored the car in an old garage. The body looked fairly good with a frozen engine. In the year that I have had it I've redid the complete brake system. (wheel cylinders, master Cylinder)The fuel system (cleaned out the gas tank and resealed, cleaned out the lines and rebuilt the carburetors) The PO had told me the car only has 32,721 original miles on it. Which I didn't believe. But after pulling the engine and taking it down to bare block. I now see that he wasn't lying. Too bad the sitting all that time in a damp garage had done it toll on the camshaft. When I finally free the engine there was a rust spot on the crank and turning the engine damaged the journal. I measured the bore, the crankshaft and the cam. All in factory specs. The lifter had sat so long on one cam lob that they rusted leaving a deep pit on the top of the lob. (This is a first for me to come across) Now I must decide whether to rebuild the 1500 engine or put in a five main B engine I had done. As for the color that is still up in the air. To keep the car original or go for something nice but completely different
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Owner: John Terschak   [59mgaguy]
Location: Kill Devil Hills, NC, USA usa
Status: Undergoing Restoration


VIN:HDL4364002
Model Year:1959
Build Date:1959-01-15
Original Colour:G Blue
Current Colour:blue
Odometer:32721 miles
Body Code:GL Blue
Engine Type:1500 4 cyl
Engine Code:15GDUH2009
Transmission:4 Speed non Overdrive
Last Updated:2010-09-18 13:20:16


 

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Comment by Terry Armitage at 2012-12-10 12:25:06
Hello John,yes I did get 2 dog legs,Scarborough Faire ,only used one as i had to cut the drivers fender from top to bottom removing 1/8 inch at the top and 3/8 inch at the bottom due to a previous repair,Then the dog leg wouldn't fit properly so I repaired the lower part and got it looking ok,Terry MGEH

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Vehicle History

This vehicle's information was last updated on 2010-09-18 13:20:16

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2009-08-22 John Terschak   usa

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